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mf WE come unto our fathers' God:

Their Rock is our Salvation : The Eternal Arms, their dear abode,

We make our habitation: [brought; cr We bring Thee, Lord, the praise they We seek Thee as Thy saints have sought In every generation.

mf 2 The Fire Divine, their steps that led, Still goeth bright before us; [spread, cr The Heavenly Shield, around them Is still high holden o'er us: The grace those sinners that subdued, The strength those weaklings that renewed,

Doth vanquish, doth restore us.

mp3 The cleaving sins that brought them low Are still our souls oppressing;

dim The tears that from their eyes did flow t Fall fast, our shame confessing; As with Thee, Lord, prevailed their cry, cr So our strong prayer ascends on high, And bringeth down Thy blessing.

f4 Their joy unto their Lord we bring; Their song to us descendeth : The Spirit Who in them did sing To us His music lendeth. His song in them, in us, is one; cr We raise it high, we send it onThe song that never endeth!

CHALVEY.

L. G. HAYNE, Mus. Doc.

A men.

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AR down the ages now,

mf FAR

Her journey well-nigh done,

The pilgrim Church pursues her way,
In haste to reach the crown.

The story of the past
Comes up before her view;
How well it seems to suit her still,
Old, and yet ever new!

mp 2 'Tis the same story still,

Of sin and weariness;

cr Of grace and love still flowing down To pardon and to bless :

dim No wider is the gate,

No broader is the way,

No smoother is the ancient path,
That leads to light and day.

mp3 No sweeter is the cup,
Nor less our lot of ill;
'Twas tribulation ages since,
"Tis tribulation still:

mf No slacker grows the fight,
No feebler is the foe,

cr No less the need of armour tried, Of shield and spear and bow.

mf 4 Thus onward still we press,

Through evil and through good; Through pain and poverty and want, Through peril and through blood: cr Still faithful to our God,

And to our Captain true; f We follow where He leads the way, The Kingdom in our view.

Amen.

H. BONAR.